Hundreds missing in Brazil, 34 found dead, after Vale dam burst

The dam ruptured on Friday, releasing a torrent of mining waste that slammed into Vale's facilities and cut through a nearby community, leaving a roughly 150-meter-wide (500-foot-wide) wake of destruction stretching for miles (km). The Minas Gerais state fire department, which gave the latest confirmed death toll, also said 23 people had been sent to hospitals. Some 250 people remained missing, according to a list released by Vale.